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Which line is perpendicular to the line 3y=5x-1

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For lines to be perpendicular their slopes have to be negative reciprocals of one another, mathematically...

m1*m2=-1...in this case:

y=5x/3=1/3 so the slope of the lines is 5/3 so any line that has a slope of:

5m/3=-1,

m=-3/5 is perpendicular to the original line...
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